TOP5 highlights of the third Dakar Speedway: hot emotions and failures

Laisvydas Kancius ATV faults

Although in the third speed section, the Laisvydas Kancius quad bike showed a very stable pace, but as it turned out after the finish, it was not possible to avoid technical failures.

“The route was not easy, it was really difficult and long. There were a few of these problems: the muffler burned out and the engine started to heat up. I had to pause a bit, “said the runner after the end.

He said that there were even bigger dunes today than in the second section, but that he had already learned to drive through them.

In the third stage, he finished tenth. And in the general classification, it went from position 11 to 10.

E.Juškauskas hindered the motorcycle

The Heston Airlines Pitlane team crew Edvinas Juškauskas and Aisvydas Paliukėnas, who kept up the pace on Tuesday, finished 34th, but this time they also did not avoid the incident, hindering the motorcycle on the track.

After the end, E.Juškauskas said that everything happened due to a strange coincidence. Another motorcyclist was trapped at the top of the dune in the same place, but the crew warned of the obstacle was unaware that another participant was crashing on the other side.

The former saw us perfectly and even went to the field to pass smoothly, but did not show that his colleague was also trapped behind the dune. Seeing it was there, we passed the dune and obstructed the motorcycle. We practically jumped on it, maybe we just damaged the steering wheel or the handles, ”said the pilot about the unpleasant event.

According to him, the pilot is a newcomer to the Dakar, so it is possible that he did not know the basic rules. For example, if you got stuck in a dangerous place instead of trying to push the motorcycle, you had to put a warning sign at the top of the dune at the beginning. Sand rails or athlete’s helmets are commonly used for this purpose.

By stopping together with A. Paliukėnas, they helped push the motorcycle to the side, because it was stopped in a very dangerous place, directly in the path of the cars crossing the dune. He was afraid that the athlete who had not received help would stay where he was.

V.Žala’s “baby” remains in Saudi Arabia

Vaidotas Žala, who unexpectedly finished the Dakar in the second speed section, has already made his first plans for the future. You have already marked the start of April on your calendar. So far, the Agrorodeo team is trying to travel home to Lithuania, leaving the Mini, gently named Mažyli, to the X Raid team.

“It just came to our knowledge then. This moment requires at least a minimum plan in advance, as well as a starting point for the result. We added the stage of the FIA ​​World Cup in Portugal to the calendar from April 8 to 13. Approximately 1000 km GR and Dakar itself faces those that should be measured on the track.

Sooner or later, the plan must succeed. We look forward to your support, “the Agrorodeo team posted on Facebook, adding a photo of all its members.

On Monday, it became clear that V.Žala could not continue in Dakar; as soon as it went to the dunes the car stopped. In the evening, it was announced that the solutions team would not look for them anymore, because they are expensive and the result will not be achieved yet.

For Bernhard there, the competition is over in Brink

The Toyota Gazoo Racing driver, who reached the last point before the finish line in fourth place, had an accident, became an insidious place and severely broke the car’s suspension. The team was expecting a technical assistance truck and hoped to continue the race, but any hope of fighting in the main stand was dashed.

The Lithuanian four-wheeler Laisvydas Kancius also passed the site of Bernhard T-Brinke’s accident. In the end, he recounted what he saw at the scene.

Maneuvers by E.Juškauskas and A.Juknevičius on the track

Antanas Juknevičius, speaking of the day’s difficulties, admitted that he had made a mistake again, and as a result the crew lost even at least 20 minutes. However, his post on Facebook received a response from his colleague Aisvydas Paliukėnas, in which the latter urged not to lie to people.

Where did it all begin? Antanas Juknevičius shared a comment about adventures in the third gear section on Facebook:

„<...>Clutching Edvinas Juškauskas’s car to the dune, I considered it a bite. When Edwin did not climb the steep ridge of the dune, his car began to back up, and I, immediately behind him, underestimated the distance the cars had traveled so far, so I had to roll sideways very quickly to avoid a possible collision that would potentially end the two on the Dakar. too soon.

The price for such a sudden maneuver was paid in Dakar’s most expensive “coin”: bitches in a pit where we dug for at least 20 minutes. The moral of the day is like this, well, what ended well ”, were the impressions of the day of A. Juknevičius.

And although it does not appear from the record that she blames her colleague for this incident, E.Juškauskas co-driver Aisvydas Paliukėnas entered the discussion with a smile: on board. “

Said record was immediately prompted to count more or display the available record of the car.

Antanas himself responded to Aisvydas: “We realized it, but we lost our trajectory when you got stuck and had to turn around. But we only blame ourselves for it. Good luck tomorrow. “

Antanas also added a video that anyone can review and draw their own conclusions. You can see it below.